Sjaak Van Quotes & Sayings

If you don't see it with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth. — Denise Swanson

watched as the earth mother turned into a corporate dominatrix, chewing out the legal counsel — Susan Wiggs

She set a tankard of grog before him, the moment before he became aware of his own thirst. Gray reached for it, shaking his head. A long swallow of watered-down rum added fuel to his resentment. He'd allowed himself to become so transparent to her, while she remained an enigma to him. Her talents fit no logical pattern-sketching, painting, deceit, seduction, thievery...now the ability to pound biscuit and salted meat into a fair-tasting chowder? It was enough to make him abandon all hope of ever comprehending her.
Perhaps he never would. But it was another thought that had him hurrying through his food, desperate to put some distance between them. He might never understand her, Gray realized, but he could get dangerously accustomed to this other feeling.
Being understood. — Tessa Dare

There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity. — Veronica Roth

A Frenchman, as any Frenchman will tell you, is a difficult condition to abide, as much a privilege as a responsibility. To maintain the appropriate standards of excellence, this superlative of grace, was a burden not so light even in the homeland, and immeasurably more difficult in the colonies. Being both French and a stoat had resulted in a more or less constant crisis of self-identity - one which Bonsoir often worked to resolve, in classic Gallic fashion, via monologue. — Daniel Polansky

We didn't kiss," I said. Jules cocked an eyebrow. "We brushed lips. — Leila Howland

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world. — Paul Reed Smith

It's a law of the universe that 87 percent of all people in all professions are incompetent. — John Gardner

Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics. — Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves. — Taiichi Ohno

One reason we're so vulnerable to overeating is, we don't feel worthy of having a good life. — S. McLaurie

Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places. — Busta Rhymes

If men had more up top we'd need less up front — Jaci Stephen

If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question. — Victor Hugo

Someday i'm gonna say i used to be myself. — Ribecca